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| TriStar Pictures | Release Date: July 30, 1993 |
Starring:
Amanda Plummer, Anthony LaPaglia, Brenda Fricker, Charles Grodin, Debi Mazar, Matt Doherty, Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Phil Hartman, Steven Wright
Summary:
A San Francisco poet who fears commitment suspects his girlfriend may have a knack for killing off her significant others.
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Not everyone has realized this yet, but with Wayne's World and So I Married an Axe Murderer, Mike Myers has somehow become the first major movie star of the '90s. [30 July 1993]
Director Thomas Schlamme ("Miss Firecracker," "Crazy From the Heart") also does a better than average job of evoking the romance of his San Francisco locations; giving his mystery-comedy a Hitchcockian "feel"; and getting likable performances from Brenda Fricker as Charlie's mother, Anthony LaPaglia as his cop best-friend, and Nancy Travis as the maybe-murderess. [30 July 1993]
Mike Myers' first film excursion beyond Wayne's World feels like one of those boring, aimless Saturday Night Live sketches that typically ruin the final 10 minutes of each show. So I Married an Axe Murderer is a mess, from its cliched mistaken-identity premise to one-liners that sound "borrowed" from other comedians or school-yard jive sessions. Above all, this tedious comedy proves that, as a movie star, Myers should never be let out of that basement in Aurora, Ill., that he shares with Dana Carvey. [30 July 1993, p.11]
Jan 30, 2021
A rom-com with a difference and that can only be a good thing.
One of Mike Myers more underrated movies.
One of Mike Myers more underrated movies.
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Jan 24, 2021
Nancy Travis is great in everything she does. And yes, it does feel like an overlong SNL skit, but there's more to it than that.
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